(idiomatic, Britain, informal) To fire, sack, or eject someone.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, the, boot.
To overthrow or destroy.
To turn over, capsize or upset.
To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
Of a body of water: to undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs; ruin.
A turning over or upside-down; inversion.